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Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas


LOPEZ v. STATE OF TEXAS, 1080-02

Where defendant offered to sell cocaine in the morning, and possessed that cocaine with intent to deliver it to complete that same sale in the evening, it was a violation of double jeopardy prohibitions to punish defendant for both delivery (by the offer to sell) and possession with intent to deliver.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 06/11/2003
  • Published 06/11/2003

Judges

Court

  • Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • J.R. Molina, Fort Worth, for appellant., Sharon A. Johnson, Assist. DA, Fort Worth, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for state.

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